Photos: Concessionaire returns to the state fair after parent's murder

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Jada Smith's funnel cake stand sits in a sunny spot at the base of a hill on Grand Avenue at Iowa State Fair on Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2018, the day before the fair begins. Kelsey Kremer/The Register

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Jada Blewer, owner of Jada Concessions, makes a corn brat in her concession trailer on the first day of the Iowa State Fair, Thursday, Aug. 9, 2018, in Des Moines. Kelsey Kremer/The Register

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Following in the footsteps of her concessionaire parents, Jada Blewer, owner of Jada Concessions, makes funnel cakes the same way her parents did, on the first day of the Iowa State Fair, Thursday, Aug. 9, 2018, in Des Moines. Kelsey Kremer/The Register

The posted menu at Jada Smith's funnel cake stand includes funnel cakes, funnel cake on a stick and a version of corndogs made with brats on Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2018, at the Iowa State Fair. Kelsey Kremer/The Register

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During a lull in activity, Jada Blewer, owner of Jada Concessions, wipes a counter in her funnel cake concession stand on Thursday, Aug. 9, 2018, at the Iowa State Fair. Kelsey Kremer/The Register

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Workers setting up and passers-by hoping for an early peek of the Iowa State Fair pass Jada Smith's funnel cake stand on Grand Avenue, Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2018, the day before the fair begins. Kelsey Kremer/The Register

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Following in the footsteps of her concessionaire parents, Jada Blewer, owner of Jada Concessions, makes funnel cakes the same way her parents did, on the first day of the Iowa State Fair, Thursday, Aug. 9, 2018, in Des Moines. Kelsey Kremer/The Register

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Jada Smith's funnel cake stand sits in a sunny spot at the base of a hill on Grand Avenue at Iowa State Fair on Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2018, the day before the fair begins. Kelsey Kremer/The Register

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During a lull in activity, Jada Blewer, owner of Jada Concessions, wipes a counter in her funnel cake concession stand on Thursday, Aug. 9, 2018, at the Iowa State Fair. Kelsey Kremer/The Register

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Carrying on her family's tradition, Jada Smith, owner of Jada Concessions, is back at the Iowa State Fair as a concessionaire, selling funnel cakes, for the first time since her parents, one of the first to bring funnel cake to the fair, were murdered there in 1996. She stands inside her trailer on Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2018, the day before the fair begins. Kelsey Kremer/The Register

Jada Smith, owner of Jada Concessions, stands inside her funnel cake trailer on the Iowa State Fairgrounds on Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2018, the day before the fair begins. This is Smith's first time back at the fair selling her family's funnel cakes since 1997, the year after her parents were murdered at the fair. Kelsey Kremer/The Register

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